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Description of our intro to engineering course

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Wossamotta University ENGR 100 - Introduction to Engineering

Course Summary: Students are enabled to analyze a real-world problem, apply an appropriate design process, and report a solution to a target audience.

Course objectives:

1. Formulate real-world engineering problems in technical, societal, and financial contexts.
2. Implement the tools and skills provided by different engineering disciplines in the solution off design problems.
3. Utilize industrial- and research-related software tools to solve engineering problems.
4. Articulate solutions to engineering problems through oral and written communication methods.
5. Assess the broader implications of designs in a global and societal context.

Modules:

1. Grand Challenges of Engineering
2. Oral Communication Skills - One Minute Engineer activity - use of rubrics and peer assessment
3. Criteria and Constraints - Tower of Straws activity - introduction of realistic constraints and decision matrices
4. Teamwork - reflection on (unstructured) Tower of Straws activity
5. Written Communication Skills, 1: emails, memos, letters, tables, figures
6. Engineering Design Method
7. End of Term Team Competition - includes evaluation of designs, product performance, oral presentation, written report, etc.

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